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Count Basie and his Orchestra, with Billie Holiday on vocals, play the tenth night of a two-week engagement at the Meadowbrook Lounge, Cedar Grove, New Jersey, USA.
Harrah's Entertainment is founded as a small bingo parlour in Reno, Nevada, USA, owned and operated by William F. Harrah. It will grow into a massively successful chain of casinos, attracting the top names in music, such as Bobby Darin, to play for its customers.
Aged eighteen, country music singer Kitty Wells marries Johnnie Wright in Franklin, Kentucky, USA. The pair, along with Wright's sister Louise, will perform regularly as Johnnie Wright And The Harmony Girls.